JUST in case Chris Adams had not realised what he has let himself in for as Surrey's new manager, he got a stark reminder at Bristol on Sunday.

Fresh from a five-wicket defeat by Derbyshire on Saturday in the LV County Championship second division, they suffered a 128-run hammering at the hands of Gloucestershire in the Friends Provident Trophy.

Left-hander Williams Porterfield, a late call-up, had led the hosts to 268-9 from their 50 overs by cracking 74 and making the most of an early escape in the slips off Alex Tudor.

With Chris Taylor also making 63 in a partnership of 95 and a useful late 32 from Jon Lewis, Gloucestershire put themselves in an almost impregnable position as only Andre Nel (3-39) and Chris Schofield (2-29) were able to give acting skipper Usman Afzaal control.

Surrey were soon in desperate trouble, only Michael Brown (29) of the upper order getting into double figures.

Jon Batty slipped to be run out and Mark Ramprakash was controversially given out caught behind for a duck on his first appearance of the season.

Youngster Ian Saxelby profited most in taking 4-31 as the visitors were bowled out for a paltry 140, Afzaal (36) and Schofield (19) putting up chief resistance.

That defeat came in the wake of Surrey having suffered their first Championship defeat of the season.

Having claimed a draw in the rain-filled opening match against Gloucestershire at The Oval - despite having to follow on - they were bundled out in bowler-friendly conditions at Derby for 131 (Batty 36) as left-arm seamer Graham Wagg took 6-35.

The home side then had to rebuild from 88-7, doing so largely through Greg Smith's 94no, to finally claim a first innings lead of 143.

Opener Scott Newman, who had been left out of Surrey's first match, responded with a fighting 124 from 197 deliveries, contributions from Afzaal (59), James Benning (36) and Schofield's 31no taking them up to 360.

Any hopes of Derbyshire failing to complete victory though were pretty much snuffed out by openers Steve Stubbings (83) and Garry Park (50) putting on 89 and, despite a late flurry of wickets on the final morning, they eased in by five wickets.

A blank few days will give Adams and his men a chance to work on their shortcomings before they head off for a double-header over the bank holiday weekend.

They take on county champions Durham at Riverside and then move on to Headingley on Sunday when they face Yorkshire before returning south for the Championship clash against Middlesex on Wednesday, April 6.